Starch mill reel



Sept. 22,1936. K. R. cLENDENlNG STARCH MILL REELV Filed Feb. 16, 1935 ATTORNEY Patented sept. 22, 1936 f' Y 2,055,119I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y p *Y 2,055,119 i s'rARcH MILL REEL i KarlR.. Clendening, CedarrRapids, Iowa Application February 16,1935, serialNo. 6,826 Y e claims. (C1. 20e-407) My present invention relates tostarch'mill reels As shown in Fig. l, the ribs 3 are grooved for andparticularly to a construction making it the reception of the panelswhich are held in possible to easily and quickly make repairs when placealong one edge by the strips 6 which have one or more ofthe reel silksbecomes broken. screws l extending therethroughand into the 5 Among theobjects of this invention are to proribs. The screws 'I do not extendthrough the 5 vide a reel of the character indicated which is frame 8'ofthe panels but simply clamp the strips 4 so constructed that the work ofreplacement of S'against same so asl to hold one edge of the broken ortorn silks is reduced to a minimum; to panels tightly against the ribs.The opposite provide a structure of the character indicated in edge ofeach panel is held in place by a screw 9 l0 which most of the work ofreplacing torn silks passing therethrough and into the rib. To re- 10vcan be done away from the reel, where conditions move a panel 5, itsscrew 9 is removed and about for doing the work are better than in thereel three of the screws l are loosened to permit the bed; to provide astructure of the character instrip 6 to be sprung out suiiciently sothat the dicated in which individual silks may be removed panel may bedrawn out. Another panel is then and new ones substituted with a minimumof work substituted for this, this new panel having been 15 and loss oftime in shut-downs; to provide a previously equipped with a new silk sothat it is structure for the purpose indicated in which the all ready tobe inserted in the place of any panel number of screws 4which must beremoved for removed from the reel. the replacing of a torn or brokensilk is reduced As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the end members of to aminimum; and such further objects, adthe frames 8 are rabbeted, asindicated at l0, so 20 vantages, and capabilities as will hereafter apasto produce a tight joint between the panels, pear and as are inherent inthe construction disthus preventing the starch from leaking throughclosed herein. My invention further resides in between them. Therabbeted ends overlap and the combination, construction, and arrangehavespace between them to permit expansion ment of parts illustrated in theaccompanying of the frames without bulging, it being under- 25drawing'and, while I have shown therein what is stood that these reelshave a mass of Water and now considered the preferred embodiment of thismilled substance passing through them continuinvention, I desire thesame to be understood as ously. Due to this fact, the tendency is forthe illustrative only and not to be interpreted in a wood to expand uponabsorption of moisture and,

limiting sense. unless provision is made for this expansion, dis- 30 Inthe drawing annexed hereto and forming a tortion is likely to result.part hereof, From the foregoing it will be apparent that,

Fig. 1 is an end View of a reel embodying my when a` silk is broken ortorn, it will not be necespresent invention; sary to remove a frameextending from end to Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of such a reel,end of the reel and containing, customarily, six part thereof beingbroken away; silks but that, instead, a single panel may be re- Fig. 3is a fragmentary section taken approximoved and replaced by one whichhas been premately along a plane indicated by the line 3- -3, viouslyprepared at some convenient location Fig. 2; away from the reel. When aframe which ex- Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the panels comtends thefull length of the reel has to be re- 40 prising a frame and a silk;moved,'it is necessary to remove from sixteen to Fig. 5 illustrates asection through the strucforty-'eight screws, each from two to two andture shown in Fig. 4. one-half inches long. The tendency is for theReference will now be made in greater detail to repair man to drivethese screws into place with the annexed drawing for a more completedisa hammer, when restoring the frame to its posi- 45 closure of thisinvention. From the drawing it tion on the reel. This results in rapiddeteriorawill be seen that the reel comprises an axial suption andbreakage of the reel ribs, necessitating porting member i, spokes 2,ribs 3, end members many replacements. Also, when a silk is torn 4, andpanels 5. Preferably, the spokes 2 extend from its frame, it is notunusual for one or more through the supporting member I and the ribstacks to be dropped into the reel bed where it is 50 3 so that it ispossible to remove same by driving lost in the water-starch suspension.When the them endwise through the supporting member repair work is doneaway from the reel and all I and ribs 3. The spokes are not arranged inthat itis necessary to do is to substitute a fresh the same plane butare staggered with respect to panel for the one having the broken silk,the

each other, as indicated in Fig. 2. time of shut-down is reduced to aminimum, 55

perhaps two or three minutes in comparison with twenty to thirty minutesnecessary when a frame extending the full 'length of the reel must beremoved. 'I'here are many other advantages resulting from this newconstruction which has been needed for many years but it is believedthat the advantages thereof will be obvious to one skilled in the artupon consideration ofthe foregoing disclosure.

It is of course understood that the specific description of structureset forth above may be departed from Without departing from the spiritof my invention as set forth in this specification and each panelcomprising a frame supporting a silk,-

thel frames having their opposite ends .rabbeted upon opposite sides,the ends of the frames, where rabbeted, overlapping but beinglongitudinally spaced to permit expansion of the frames.

V2. A starch mill reel comprising a skeleton and .panels supportedAthereby, said skeleton comprisframes having silks secured tightlythereto, the

reel being divided into a plurality of longitudinally aligned sections,and each section having one panel upon each of its lateral faces, theends of the panel frames being rabbeted upon opposite sides and theframes being arranged with an end of each overlapping the proximate endof one of the adjacent panels.

3. A starch mill reel comprising a skeleton and panels supportedthereby, said skeleton comprising end supports, spokes, andlongitudinally extending ribs, said panels comprising open frames havingsilks secured tightly thereto, the reel be- :ing composed of a pluralityof longitudinally aligned sections, each section having one panel uponeach of its lateral faces, the ends of the panelframes being rabbetedupon opposite sides and the frames being arranged with an end ofeachoverlapping the proximate end of one of the adjacent panels, andstrips secured to the ribs, each strip overlapping one edge of all ofthe panels'on one face of the reel, the opposite edges of the panelsbeing secured in place by an individual fastening means for each panelwhich enables the removal vof va single panel Without dis- Vturbing 'anyother panel.

KARL R. CLENDENING.

